Scabiosa "Butterfly Blue" and Friend
By Diohio
26 Mar, 2008
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This is a Butterfly Blue Scabiosa with a Dreamy Duskywing butterfly nectaring on it. This was a yard first for the Dreamy Duskywing, as far as I know, but they do closely resemble the Horace's Duskywing which is a regular here. Their host plants are willows and poplars.
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My Scabiosa died cos garden flooed last year really bad&sadly i lost a plant i was given by old Reg who ran the alottment i rented in 2006 & he sadly died mid last year :( so i was sad about that as he was so lovely&Summer was his friend,Always went to his house which was beside my patch&shed come back with treats(Sausage rolls,Biscuits his left over BEEF!) yes lovely Man REG X
27 Mar, 2008
My first thought was 'well this is a very dull little butterfly for Di's garden!' But then I read that it is called a 'Dreamy Duskywing' - what a wonderful name!!! Thank's for sharing!
27 Mar, 2008
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I remember scabiosa in my Mom's garden eons ago... another one for the list...lol. thanks!
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